Firing a Locked Smart Gun
The Armatix IP1 “smart gun” can only be fired by someone who is wearing a special watch. Unfortunately, this security measure is easily hackable…. Continue reading Firing a Locked Smart Gun
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Firing a Locked Smart Gun
The Armatix IP1 "smart gun" can only be fired by someone who is wearing a special watch. Unfortunately, this security measure is easily hackable…. Continue reading Firing a Locked Smart Gun
Chips with everything – are you ready to be bio-hacked?
News that a US company is ‘bio-hacking’ its employees with RFID chips is a publicity stunt – but it does raise issues of security and ethics Continue reading Chips with everything – are you ready to be bio-hacked?
What should I know to prevent relay attack on NFC?
I am doing thesis on “NFC relay attack” in my BSc last year. I have studied 10-15 papers and learned the basics of NFC and relay attack. Still I am no where near to understand how relay attack is performed on NFC and how the … Continue reading What should I know to prevent relay attack on NFC?
Hackaday Prize Entry: Refugee Reuniter
The world is dealing with a serious refugee crisis, and with that comes a problem: finding people. The Refugee Reuniter, a project entered into this year’s Hackaday Prize, is a possible solution to this problem. It’s a device that allows people to reconnect with their family, whether it’s children lost in transit to destination countries, or mothers and fathers reuniting.
The basic problem the Refugee Reuniter is trying to solve is tracking people. This is a whole ball of wax that involves privacy and technological concerns. Ideas put forward so far include GPS trackers, implantable RFID tags, and other such …read more
Why are card associations launching RFID enabled payment cards despite of their being unsecure?
You can use applications to get data from these cards. I got tracks data of my cards as well as card number and expiry from my debit card just by single tap of phone. A criminal can use that data and use it ( though my card i… Continue reading Why are card associations launching RFID enabled payment cards despite of their being unsecure?
Does a RFID tag need to use the same standard as it’s reader?
I am trying to clone my ID card for work into a ring with an NFC chip inside (a smart ring) as I am constantly having to pull my wallet out in order to use it. However I want to make sure I have the right hardware in mind bef… Continue reading Does a RFID tag need to use the same standard as it’s reader?
Mifare DESfire EV1 cloning?
How can I clone an encrypted Mifare DESfire EV1 Card?
Tried a 13.56Mhz Reader/writer from eBay but didn’t work properly… I need to find any possible way of doing this.
Creepy Tracking at the House of Mouse
If it’s been a few years since you’ve been to Disney World, you’re in for a surprise on your next visit. It seems the Happiest Place on Earth has become the Trackiest Place on Earth thanks to the Disney MagicBand, a multipurpose wristband that acts as your pass to all the Disney magic.
[Adam] recently returned from a Disney vacation and brought back his MagicBand, which quickly went under the knife for a peek at the magic inside. It turns out the technology is fairly mundane — a couple of flex PCBs with trace antennas and the usual trappings of …read more
Backscatter Your Own FM Pirate Radio Station
If you live in a city, you’re constantly swimming in a thick soup of radio-frequency energy. FM radio stations put out hundreds of kilowatts each into the air. Students at the University of Washington, [Anran Wang] and [Vikram Iyer], asked themselves if they could harness this background radiation to transmit their own FM radio station, if only locally. The answer was an amazing yes.
The trailer video, embedded below, demos a couple of potential applications, but the paper (PDF) has more detail for the interested. Basically, they turn on and off an absorbing antenna at a frequency that’s picked so …read more
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